Deep Blue Freedom

The National Reference for Handisub, in cooperation with the commission on cave diving for FFESSM, organized the first ever discovery cave dive for divers with disabilities. Listen as Andrew recounts this unique experience.

In this episode, Andrew recounts his first dive to 40 meters, which served as his validation dive for PESH 40. The featured song is called, "Kuch To Hai" and is sung by Aarushi Sharma.

In this bonus episode, Andrew recounts his first dives in the ocean on his first trip with Handisub divers and their instructors. He shares with us his experience as he explores the underwater  landscape with first touch and then by sound with the help of highly certified Handisub guides. He learns first how to recognize different types of coral, sea sponge and other marine plants, but quickly progresses to being able to listen to fish and even determine in which direction the fish are located.

Sounds were provided by Freesound.org. We also thank Mary from Lebanon, who so kindly gave us permission to use her original song for this episode.

This is the French version of Episode 1.

In this, the third episode, we continue our exploration of the three major organizations that provide adaptive scuba training. In the last episode, episode 2, we talked about Diveheart and their proprietary approach to adaptive scuba training. In this episode, we give an overview of Handisub, which is the organization  that provides adaptive scuba training to those with disabilities in France. Listen as we reveal which activity for which Handisub provides training that the other organizations do not.

In this episode, we meet Dale Kleier, an experienced diver and instructor and his first totally blind students. Then we take a detailed look at Diveheart, one of the three organizations that offer adaptive scuba training to people with disabilities. Last, but certainly not least, we close with a worst case senario and ask you, our listeners to weigh in with your thoughts and comments.

In this episode, we are introduced to the host and one of Vinscenne's most experienced scuba diving instructors. She has been certified to teach blind or visually-impaired people to scuba dive since 1999. Then we discuss the benefits of scuba diving and close with a story about someone whose life was litterally saved by scuba diving.